Central compensation at short muscle range is differentially affected in cortical versus subcortical strokes

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2076-2080

  Renner, Caroline I E ^a   Woldag, Hartwig ^a   Hummelsheim, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Hemiparesis; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VARIANCE; VOLUNTEER; ADAPTATION; ARM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33747190331     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000229876.29608.85     Document Type: Article

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